Western cyclone., 1887-03-03

The presiding officer presented the fol-
lowing letter:
SENATORS My offi>e as president
pro tenlpore of the senate will necessarily
cease on the 4th of March next with nv
present term as senator. 1t will promote
the convenience of the senate and public
service to elect senator SIS president
pro temp0re whose term extends beyond
that date, so that he may administer the
oath of office to senators. elect and aid in
organization. [ therefore respectfully
resign that position, to take effect at /
P. NJ. Saturday next, Feb. %. Permit
me ia doing so to express my heartfelt
thanks for tie uniform courtesy ard for
bearance shown me while in the dis
charge of my duties as presiding officer
by every member of the senate.
Yours truly, JOHN SHERMAN.
The communication was ordered en-
tered in the journal and placed on file.
A resolution heretofore offered by Mr..
Plat. authorizing the select committee
on Indian tradeshlps TO take testimony
during the recess, was adopted.
Mr.. Miller moved to take up the bill
to create department of agriculture.
The House.
FEB. 18.-Mr. Haynes, of New
Hampshire, stated that Tuesday next at
o'clock he would ask the house to
take appropriate action relative to the
death of Senator Pike, of New Hamp-
shire.
On motion of Townsend, of Illinois,
the senate amendments to the invalid
pension bill were concurred in and a
conference ordered.
Mr.. Townsend, from the committee
on appropriations, reported bill sppro-
priatiDg f4,663,10 for the payment of
the Mexican and other pensions. Referred
to the committee of the whole.
The house then went into the commit
tee of the whole for further considera-
ton of the senate amendments to the
sundry civil appropriation bill. After
disposing of 1916 of 260 amendments,
tie committee rose and the house took
a recess.
FEB. 19-Mr. Matson, of Indiana,
from the committee on invalid pensions
in the house reported back the depend
ent pension bill with the presidents We
to message thereon. He asked that the
report be printed in the records and
gave notice that he would call up the
bill for action Thursday next.
Mr.. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, OBJ.
jected, to the report being printed in
the records, and, thereupon Mr.. Bur
rows, of Michigan, demanded that 1t be
read.
The speaker decided that the report
must be read and the clerk then proceed
ed to read it.
that the consideration lie deferred until
Thursday next, which was carried
The conference report on the trade
dollar bill has been agreed to.
Mr.. Baker, of New York, called up as
a privileged matter the resolution offer
ed by him yesterday, fixing the day for
the consideration of territorial adm!s-
sion bills, and under the operation of
the rules it was referred to the commit
tee on rules.
Mr.. Lanham, of Texas, presented a
conference report upon the trade dollar
bill and it was agreed 10 without debate
or division.
FEB. 21.-Mr. Henderson, of North
Carolina, from the committee on cleo
tions submitted report on the Indiana
contested election case of Kidd against
Steele, which confirms the right of
| Steele to a seat, and it was laid over I'M
til Thursday.
Mr.. Bobh, OF Indiana, then called up
the conference report of disagreement
on the bill on repeating the pre-emp-
ton timber culture and desert land
laws.
By vote of GO to 80 the report Of
the conferees was accepted.
Mr.. Cobb then moved that the house
refuse to recede from its disagreement
to the senate amendments and agree 30
request for a further conference.
Pend ne the question, Mr.. Perkins NOV
ed that the house recede from its disa-
greement of section eight OF the bill,
and consent to the same with an amend
ment Rejected, G3 TO 9s.
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to, and further conference was ordered.
1t was ordered that the daily hour for
the meeting of the house shall be II
o'clock. Adjourned.
FEB. 22.-Mr. Blaine. Of Missouri, as
q privileged question, called up the We
toed bill increasing the pension OF John
w. Ferris. He bore testimony from
personal knowledge of the claimant to
the merit of the claim and aske that
the house pass the bill over the veto
yeas, 1872; nays, 93-not a constitution.
al two thirds vote N the affirmative.
The house then resumed in committee
of the whole the consideration Of the
senate amendments to the sundry civil
appropriation bill.
The recon N .ndatons Of the commit
tee on appropriations were c0ncured
in ard the committee having risen a